Congressman Billybob Sez: Bits and Pieces

Congressman Billybob's website ^ | 18 June 2003 | Congressman Billybob (J. Armor, Esq.)

[Congressman Billybob]

This is a special to FreeRepublic. Hope y'all enjoy it.

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[razorback-bert]

songs for one through five: "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana; "Billie Jean," Michael Jackson; "Sweet Child O' Mine," Guns N' Roses; "8 Mile - Eminem," various artists; "One," U2.

If I were to hear one of these, I could not name it.

[eureka!]

Very nicely done CB. I always read your work. If this piece is potentially going to go to UPI, you might throw in Rummy's comments on crime in DC being worse than Bagdad--and in DC, the killers aren't after a bounty. Just a thought and thanks for all of your contributions to FR....

[Teacher317]

Max Factor heir Andrew Luster was captured in Mexico this week

Did anyone else catch MSNBC's scrolling ticker last night? It said "MAX FACTOR AIR CAPTURED".

Quality, all the way.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

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[wimpycat]

Good read!

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[Congressman Billybob]

Thank you -- and thanks to all who said I could write my way out of a paper bag.

Billybob

[kylaka]

I can absolutely attest that DOD, (military dependent schools) are better than public schools. After spending 3rd, 4th & 5th grade in DOD schools in Germany I returned to public schools in the US and skipped 6th and 7th grade to actually be on par with the public education systems level. I understand that this happens often to dependent children whose parents are on active military duty.

[buwaya]

I'm sorry, I misread the NAEP tables - so a minor correction is due.

The 8th grade results I gave were just for the DOD Dependent Schools Overseas.

The Department of Defense Domestic schools results are as follows for 8th Grade reading -
Black - 77
Hispanic - 89
White - 92

Not that much different, slightly lower for blacks, higher for Hispanics. I expect that the sample size used was quite low, hence the variability, because they don't even give a score for the DDESS (Domestic) for Asians due to small sample size. FWIW, DOD (overseas) Asian-Pacific Islander score is 89, vs 75 nationwide.

[mombonn]

he declined to turn himself in.

According to an earlier thread, he also fought resigning. A man truly lacking in character.

Thanks for the "special to FR." You're the best!

[Southack]

Great list, but you missed the *best* thing to happen this week.

Miami Radio 95.7's shock jocks replayed their earlier prank against Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, but this time they pretended to BE Chavez, and they pranked Fidel Castro himself.

But it gets better. Once Castro was let in on the prank, he got so mad that he started cursing. He even called the DJ's "maricones", Spanish for "faggot".

Thus, in a single breathe the highest-regarded Left-Wing leader in the whole Western Hemisphere threw out the entire socialist Revolution, as one can't be very "progressive" if one hates gays, after all.

Wow, social value gleened from radio shock jocks. If that isn't shocking, what is?!

[Congressman Billybob]

Thanks for the update. I am not surprised that the in-country scores are a little lower than the overseas scores. I'll bet they try not to separately score the Asians in the US DoD schools because they would be off-the-chart high, rather than that the "sample is too small."

Cordially,

Billybob

[I_be_tc]

Did anyone else catch MSNBC's scrolling ticker last night? It said "MAX FACTOR AIR CAPTURED".

So, I wonder if he is related to HEIR JORDAN??

TC

[Diddle E. Squat]

It turns out that the "177,000 treasures stolen" was actually the total collection. The final total of items stolen was 33. That's right – just 33. And now the staff of that Museum have called for the resignations of the top dogs, because they were complicit in the few thefts that did occur.

Do you have a source for those numbers? I would dearly love to beat my idiot friends over the head with such proof...

[gcruse]

If I were to hear one of these, I could not name it.

I feel a lot better, thanks.  I couldn't identify any of those.

[ladyinred]

I did enjoy it sir! I just disagree with one thing. I am glad that Martha got indicted, but I agree with you that Hillary should not be running free trashing up book stores!

[gcruse]

The eye-popping result was that in two nations, Jordan and Indonesia, a solid majority of locals said that "America is a greater threat to peace than Osama bin Laden."

Well, why not?  The only people I can think of to
whom peace is desirable over all else are the Pope,
the axis of evil, and on the next level, Old Europe.

Peace as a tarp covering  massacres that were
taking place in Iraq and the starving of an entire
population in the land of  JucheFruit is a
peace unworthy of being maintained.

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